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Would you like to build trust on your worship team? How about any team that you lead? In this episode, Austin Ryan and co-host, Stephen Handley, sit down to discuss why building trust is important, what trust and distrust looks like, and 5 strategies to build trust on your team. 

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The Worship Catalyst Podcast is produced by Worship Catalyst. A non-profit ministry that serves churches by training, mentoring and coaching worship leaders and their teams. For more information about Worship Catalyst or for more resources to help you become a better worship leader, visit worshipcatalyst.com.

Have you ever heard this catchy phrase: culture eats strategy for breakfast? So what does it mean? Does it apply to your workplace? Does it apply to your church? Join Kevin as we dissect this interesting phrase and whether or not your workplace or church is more of a cultural obstacle to great stewardship or more of an active facilitator of strategies that cause great enterprises to flourish. // Download this episode's Application & Action questions and PDF transcript at whitestone.org.

Do you want to be a point guard or a coach...a worship leader or a leader of worship leaders? The choice is yours...and the path is on this podcast. Sean Patrick and Jeff Nail join Austin to discuss their own journeys, and the things they have learned in moving from simply leading worship every week to developing a deep bench of leaders who are constantly growing in their abilities to lead. 

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Did you enjoy this episode? Do us a favor and share with worship leaders & pastors around you! Also, leave a rating and review so it makes it easier for other worship leaders to find us!

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The Worship Catalyst Podcast is produced by Worship Catalyst. A non-profit ministry that serves churches by training, mentoring and coaching worship leaders and their teams. For more information about Worship Catalyst or for more resources to help you become a better worship leader, visit worshipcatalyst.com.

Is everybody on your team heading in the same direction? If you asked each of them what the team's mission and their own personal mission is, would all the answers be the same? Why is that important? In this episode, Austin sits down with experienced team leader Jon Acosta to discuss why and how we keep everybody on the same page. 

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Did you enjoy this episode? Do us a favor and share with worship leaders & pastors around you! Also, leave a rating and review so it makes it easier for other worship leaders to find us!

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The Worship Catalyst Podcast is produced by Worship Catalyst. A non-profit ministry that serves churches by training, mentoring and coaching worship leaders and their teams. For more information about Worship Catalyst or for more resources to help you become a better worship leader, visit worshipcatalyst.com.

Do you pay any of your tech team leaders? Should you be? This is a tricky question with lots of and lots of variables. In this episode, Austin sits down with dream team media team members Mike Mychaczuk and Garrett Garner to discuss answers to these questions: When SHOULD you consider paying technologists and When should you NOT consider paying technologists. 

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Did you enjoy this episode? Do us a favor and share with worship leaders & pastors around you! Also, leave a rating and review so it makes it easier for other worship leaders to find us!

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The Worship Catalyst Podcast is produced by Worship Catalyst. A non-profit ministry that serves churches by training, mentoring and coaching worship leaders and their teams. For more information about Worship Catalyst or for more resources to help you become a better worship leader, visit worshipcatalyst.com.

In March 2021, True Vine Christian Fellowship and Coast Hills Community Church voted unanimously to join together and form Awaken Church in McMinnville, Oregon.  Chanda Koesel speaks about the six-month journey of becoming one church, pointing out the parallels found in the account of Elijah. She asks, "Are we willing to do what Elijah did to get what Elijah got?"

Did your know? You can watch Awaken Church McMinnville's Sunday morning service live on our Facebook page.

Ginny Barker is one of those people you can count on to keep it real, and because of that I have loved her from the moment I met her. She was a part of the church plant I helped start in Asheville, North Carolina. We went through a lot of church trauma together, and this conversation is about all of that. Spiritual trauma, dark night of the soul, narcissism in spiritual leadership, and so much more. If this topic touches you personally, I think you can brace yourself for some lightbulb moments, and stick around to the end, because we talk about how to heal as individuals, and whether a healthy church community is even a thing. As you hear Ginny’s story, may you find healing, hope, and maybe even a few giggles.

Ginny's blog: Cheetos for breakfast
Ginny's piece on Tears of Eden

She’s also an avid reader, so there’s an extensive book list of her recommendations that you’ll hear her cite throughout, and most of which are included here:

Ecaping the Maze of Spiritual Abuse by Dr. Lisa Oakley and Justin Humphreys

In the House of Friends by Kenneth J. Garrett

When Narcissism Comes to Church by Check DeGroat

Something's Not Right by Wade Mullen

Narcissism in the Church by David Orrison, PhD

The Subtle Power of Spiritual Abuse by David Johnson and Jeff Van Vonderen 

Broken Trust by F. Remy Diederich

A Church Called Tov by Scot McNight

Redeeming Power by Diane Langberg

Soul Repair by Jeff Van Vonderent and Dale and Juanita Ryan

Healing Spiritual Wounds by Carol Howard Merritt

James Fowler's stages of spiritual development

The post-pandemic season will see churches either thrive or potentially close their doors. One option church leaders can consider is merging two or more churches together. In this episode we discuss reasons why churches should merge as well as obstacles the process might reveal.

In this episode of the i2 podcast, Josh Dotzler and Jamison Horton talk about the modern Church, diversity, and racial reconciliation. Jamison shares his story and how he came to be a pastor and have a passion for the multi-ethnic church. They challenge listeners to get out of their comfort zone and to listen to those in their church that are different than themselves.

Jamison is the Co-Lead Pastor at City Light Benson in Omaha, Nebraska.

Just a little introduction of myself and my background in launching epikos church in Milwaukee, WI in 2005.  What started in our living room grew to over 2,000 people on 3 campuses.  The format of this podcast will be very simple answering of questions that I've heard many times in coaching church planters AND your opportunity to submit your questions on www.churchplantersask.com 

"We're a small church, so we don't have time to improve."

On a recent phone call with a pastor, this is a statement we heard.

And we regularly hear a lot of pastors of smaller churches express similar sentiments as they feel like the day-to-day of ministry dominates their schedule. 

But here's the reality: If you feel like you don't have enough time for what's most important, it's not because of your church's size. It's because of your church's structure. 

Join our team this week on the podcast for a conversation on 5 reasons churches get to a place in ministry where they can honestly say, "We don't have time to improve."

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Austin's Social Media Game: We want to get to know you better! We're starting a new tradition this week at the start of our episodes of answering one random question. But we need your participation: So this week, send us your answer (on Twitter, Facebook, or LinkedIn) to the questions, "If you had to get rid of one fast food restaurant because it's the worst, what would you choose? And if you had to get rid of all fast food restaurants except for one because it's the best, which one would you choose?"

There's been a lot of talk in church leadership surrounding the ideas of influence, engagement, attendance, and more. So how should we actually measure success in our church? (Or should we at all?)

Join us for this conversation with Karl Vaters, a widely-respected voice for pastors in smaller churches. If you already follow Karl, you know his passion for the Church is unmistakable and the practicality of his ideas is refreshing.

And, of course, our favorite quote from the conversation is this: "If you minister to seniors, remember these four words: Grandma went to Woodstock." -- It may sound crazy at first, but take a listen to uncover why those four words truly are important.

Want to take a look at some conversation takeaways and see any resources mentioned during the conversation? Check out this episode's show notes.